# Is default spell checker available in elastic search? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 20, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852 "2020-04-20T11:24:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/1 "2020-04-20T11:24:47Z")
Is default spell checker available in elastic search? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/2 "2020-04-20T11:39:08Z")
No. There is no spellchecker in elasticsearch. ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/3 "2020-04-20T11:55:59Z")
So, how can i check spellings in elastic search? ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/4 "2020-04-20T12:00:27Z")
So, how can i check English or other language spellings in elastic search? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/5 "2020-04-20T12:52:56Z")
You can't. But what is the use case? ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/6 "2020-04-20T12:55:03Z")
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html) Can we use this plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/7 "2020-04-20T13:19:47Z")
Any suggestion about this plugin - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-hunspell-tokenfilter.html) ? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/8 "2020-04-20T14:40:27Z")
Yes. You can use it. I never used it but I guess it will transform your text at index time. Is that what you want to do? ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/9 "2020-04-20T14:54:02Z")
Do you have any suggestion for spell checker? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/10 "2020-04-20T15:06:16Z")
What is the use case? What do you want to do? ---
**Author:** ![Sagar\_jain](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sagar_jain/32/46276_2.png) [@Sagar\_jain](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sagar_jain)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/11 "2020-04-20T15:17:32Z")
I want to use for keyword suggestions(or autocomplete) in search, if user types wrong spelling, then i want to use spell checker for user ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/12 "2020-04-20T15:54:31Z")
May I suggest that you look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html) ? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-default-spell-checker-available-in-elastic-search/228852/13 "2020-05-18T15:54:40Z")
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